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Webmin

If you are installing network services of any kind on your MEPIS box, Webmin is an indispensable tool for administrating them through a common interface. Webmin has administration modules for dozens of servers, network settings, and system settings, as well as other remote administration tools. As the name implies, Webmin is entirely browser-based and allows you to administrate your system locally or remotely.

Webmin is available from the APT repositories in Mepis 8

Webmin is not available through the APT repositories in MEPIS 7.0. However, deb or tarball files can be acquired from the Webmin website.

Once you install from there you can upgrade to the latest version from within Webmin by choosing Webmin from the left-hand menu and then Webmin Configuration and finally Upgrade Webmin from the page that displays. Choose the option 'Latest Version from webmin.com' and it will check for a newer version and DL and install it.

10. Unlike the deb install, if you install webmian via tarball from the webmin website it does not set up an init script. You can start it using the "webmin-init" script in the root of the webmin directory. You can also symlink this script to /etc/init.d/ and then use normal runlevel editing tools (ksysv, update-rc.d, or webmin itself) to make it start at boot.